(Read the report here)

Blockchain & the SDGs: How Decentralisation Can Make a Difference

Blockchain’s use beyond speculative finance is emerging and maturing. In a collaboration with dGen, we analyse this potential for social good, guided by the UN’s SDGs. Twenty-five external experts lend their insights into current and potential applications, from diverse organizations such as: Celo, Duniter, UCL, Affinidy, MineSpider, Cardano, Ethereum, Climate Chain Coalition, Energy Web, and more.. What role can and does blockchain play in achieving the SDGs?

Some of the questions tackled in the report:

How can blockchain make identity more accessible?
What can blockchain do for financial inclusion?
What does transparency mean for supply chains?
How can climate initiatives benefit from blockchain?

Read the report now!

(Event registration link here)

we are happy to invite you to join this exclusive launch webinar of the report “Blockchain for the SDGs” prepared by dGen and PositiveBlockchain.

Hundreds of tech entrepreneurs, startups, impact specialists, members of public or social organizations have experimented in recent years with the use of decentralisation and blockchain technology as potential solutions to solve our world’s burning issues.

What have they learned? What is the current state of blockchain implementation for social good? This is what dGen and Positive Blockchain‘s forthcoming report explores with valuable contributions from several external experts.

Take the opportunity to speak with some of our writers and listen to their insights and stories related to the fields of Supply Chain, Social Impact, Data Verification, Health, Financial Inclusion and workers’ rights. Speakers will be announced on social media and the report will be available directly after the webinar.

The event will be held on Zoom at 12 pm CET on the 29th of June. Sign up on eventbrite.

Positively Yours,

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180 million Euros.

That’s about how much the EU has invested in blockchain-related Research and Innovation projects. How much for projects in the category “Environment”? Well.. 1%.

With Environment being on top of government’s agenda, we have good hopes at PositiveBlockchain that this trend will change. And this was exactly the point of the workshop held in Brussels on the 14.01 on the initiative of the EPE and hosted by the Sustainable Development Observatory of the European Economis and Social Comitte (EESC). The event gathered experts from various institutions, representatives from the commission, research organizations and companies working in the fields of blockchain for SDGs with a focus on Climate Change and Sustainability.

A new man-on-moon moment

Goal of the workshop was to propose to include blockchain and DLTs in the program of the upcoming European Climate Pact which will be launched in March 2020 as part of the EU Green Deal, the so-called “man-on-moon moment” announced recently by the EU commission chief Ursula von der Leyen. The plan has the ambition to reach a total of 100 billion euros of funds in the next seven years and will be the horsepower of the “new European growth strategy”.

Participants have all acknowledged the transformative potentials of blockchain and DLTs to fight Climate Change. Presentations addressed potential benefits ob blockchain to fight Climate Change, streamline carbon certification exchanges, create incentives for individuals and organizations, provide transparency and trust in supply chains and food systems, etc. Potential ways forward as well as risks and current challenges of the technology (e.g. energy consumption) have also been addressed.

The slides presented by PositiveBlockchain are available here: http://bit.ly/EU-EPE-workshop

You’ll find in the slides an overview of:

• what is PositiveBlockchain and what are the key analytics of our projects database
• what are the EU initiatives in blockchain for SDGs/Climate Change: Ledger, Decode, P2P2 Models, My Health My Data, Next Generation Internet, PlasticTwist, Blockchain for Good Prize, etc.
• what are the main organizations fostering innovation, conducting valuable researches, curating communities and shaping the ecosystem of blockchain for SDG/Climate Change.

You may also want to read this previous article we wrote about 13 organizations and communities watching blockchain for good.

Spotted an error and want to make an addition? Let us know in the comments.

Enjoyed reading? Share to your networks and get in touch with PositiveBlockchain! hello (@) positiveblockchain.io

Submit your challenge before the 17/08 and get hackers to work on a solution at the Web3 Summit in Berlin on the 19–21/08!

What is the Web3Summit ?

Web3 Summit is a three-days event organized around a single rallying call: to facilitate a fully functional and user-friendly decentralized web. Every year the devs and researchers working on lower level protocols and others interested in the latest developments in the decentralized web come together for an immersive and collaborative gathering focusing on the Web3 technology stack. It includes: P2P protocols, platform neutral computation language, data distribution protocols, blockchains, transient data/messaging; encrypted storage, protocol-extensible developer APIs.

It is an open and collaborative space where the community can create their own programming. Web3 Summit will have space available for workshops, presentations, AMA sessions — both intimate and large-scale, chill-out rooms, and most importantly, a large hackerspace, where you can host a hackathon, whiteboard some ideas, present to other teams, and get real work done.

What is the Coalitions4GOOD?

The Coalitions4GOOD Node is one of the hackerspace sessions at the Web3Summit in Berlin, co-organized by Blockchain4Humanity, PositiveBlockchain, The Bounties Network, Alice, Redeemeum, Iden3 and BC4G Crypto Valley. It will focus on solutions that can help solve critical problems for humanity that result from the lack of transparency, inclusion and empowerment for many in the developing countries.

Time to submit YOUR challenge

We invite all impact project entrepreneurs, individuals or organizations to submit their technical challenges. We’ll display them during the event so that the hackers can connect with you and help you during and/or after the event!

Some challenges we are accepting:

• You have a technical need related to blockchain, web, tokens, cybersecurity, development, decentralized governance
• Your organization has identified a social challenge which you are trying to solve through creative ideas involving emerging technologies
• You are looking for developers, designer and other technical staffs to work on your projects during or after the event
• You are in early-stage development of your product/service and need to review your work

Be creative, be pragmatic! The hackers may form groups to work collaboratively on your challenges at the Coalitions4GOOD node, or can also connect with you after the event!

SUBMIT YOUR CHALLENGE (before the 17/09)

Feel free to contact us at hello -at- positiveblockchain.io if you have any request